diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d0ebaac..ce26a0d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ php:
   - hhvm
 
 install:
+  - travis_retry composer self-update
   - travis_retry composer install --no-interaction --ignore-platform-reqs
 
 script: